Northampton Native Ordained As Priest Religion

The Rev. Edward M. Ifkovits, a Northampton native, recently was ordained into the priesthood by Archbishop Samuel E. Carter of Kingston, Jamaica, in the Cathedral of Mary, Our Queen, Baltimore, Md.

A graduate of Muhlenberg College, he pursued post-graduate studies at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and was later associated with the education department of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1969-77.

He joined the Society of Jesus at the Jesuit Novitiate, Wernersville, Berks County in 1969. He also attended Fordham University and Regis College, Toronto, Ontario.

He will celebrate his First Mass of Thanksgiving at Our Lady of Hungary Catholic Church, Northampton at 3 p.m. tomorrow.